Chapter 133
Fu Jinglin’s head was deeply lowered, with a look of being struck down.
Lu Qi snorted and looked at Fu Jingting, “Mr. Fu, do you still want me to apologize now?”
The implication was that if he was still allowed to apologise, he would stir up more explosive news.
Fu Jingting understood, and his face was cold.
Gu Manyin was also a bit scared, pulling his arm, smiling very reluctantly and said, “Forget it Jingting, Mr. Lu is right, I have done so many bad things to Miss Rong, they should not apologize.”
Lu Qi skimmed his lips, “It seems that you guys are not going to let me apologize anymore, then I will leave, the air stinks after staying here for a long time.”
As he said that, he fanned his hand in front of his nose and walked towards the stairs.
Chen Xingnuo yawned, “I’m tired from riding, I’ll go back to my room and take a nap too.”
“You’ve all left, I’ll go too then.” Cheng Huai also got up.
Soon, only the three of them were left in the living room, Fu Jingting.
Fu Jinglin looked at Fu Jingting, and then at Gu Manyin.
Finally, he took Fu Jingting’s arm and walked towards the balcony, “Brother, I have something I want to say to you.”
“What words?” Fu Jingting pulled his hand out.
Fu Jinglin closed the door to the balcony, “Brother, you know all about what Gu Manyin did to Sister Rongshu, right?”
Since he knew that Gu Manyin had done these things, he felt disgusted to call her sister.
Why not just call her by her first name?
Fu Jingting’s thin lips pursed, “I know.”
Fu Jinglin was unhappy, “Then you are still with her?”
Fu Jingting frowned, “This is my business, it has nothing to do with you.”
“How is it none of my business, I’m your own brother, I care about you, don’t I?” Fu Jinglin glared and said, “Big brother, listen to me, you’d better break up with Gu Manyin quickly, she’s too bad, I’ll never agree to you being with her.”
Such a person is too scary, she might do something else in the future.
What if she gets Big Brother involved and the Fu family involved?
“All right, mind your own business, my business, don’t bother you.” Fu Jingting said back impatiently, then opened the door to the balcony.
Gu Manyin was standing right behind the door, her eyes red as she looked at them.
“Jingting ……,” Gu Manyin bit her lip and shouted.
Fu Jingting sighed, “You heard everything?”
Gu Manyin nodded her head, “Mm.”
Fu Jinglin was a little embarra*sed, his gaze flickering as he dared not look at her.
After all, he had said something bad about someone, and he had been overheard by the person in question. Even if he was thick-skinned, he felt embarra*sed at this moment, and he coughed lightly before leaving.
However, Gu Manyin suddenly called out to him, “Brother Jinglin.”
Fu Jinglin stopped in his tracks, “Is there something wrong? If you’re calling me to apologize to you, let me tell you, I’m not going to apologize, I didn’t say anything wrong.”
It would have been, she was so bad that she could even kill someone.
What was wrong with him not letting big brother be with her.
“Fu Jinglin!” Fu Jingting pursed his lips in displeasure and shouted Fu Jinglin’s name in a stern voice.
Fu Jinglin clenched his fist and was just about to speak.
Gu Manyin then spoke up, “No brother Jinglin, I’m not asking you to apologize, I just want to tell you that I did do something wrong to Miss Rong, but those were all for a reason and it wasn’t my intention, I ……”
“Whether there were reasons or not, and whether it was your intention or not, but what you did is what you did, isn’t it?”
The first thing I thought was that you were really a gentle and kind big sister, and I was very supportive of you and your big brother being together, but now I realize how wrong I was, and that you, with your evil heart, are not worthy of being with my big brother, you will only bring trouble to my big brother.”
After saying that, he grunted at her and walked away.
Gu Manyin looked at Fu Jinglin’s back, her teeth clenching her lower lip with a deadly grip, her eyes full of gloom.
After Cheng Huai, even Fu Jing Lin was coming to ruin her and Jing Ting?
This was the purpose of Rong Shu and Lu Qi, to turn the people around her and Jing Ting against her and Jing Ting little by little, and then come together to oppose her and Jing Ting.
Thinking of this, Gu Manyin’s body trembled with anger, and she hated these people to death.
Fu Jingting thought she was crying and hugged her from behind, “Sorry Mangyin, Jing Lin is still young and speaks without thinking, so don’t take it personally.”
Gu Manyin gathered her face and shook her head slightly, “I don’t blame him, after all, he’s right, I’m just a little scared.”
“Scared of what?” Fu Jingting turned her around.
Gu Manyin leaned her face against his chest where her heart was and listened to his heartbeat as she said in a trembling voice, “Jing Lin told you to break up with me, I was afraid that you would really break up with me.”
Fu Jingting sighed, cupped her face and looked down at her seriously, “No, trust me.”
She was the one he had chased after several times before he got her.
How could he be willing to break up with her.
Gu Manyin blinked her eyes, “Really?”
“Really.” Fu Jingting nodded his head.
“But …… but Jing Lin is your brother, he will definitely join forces with his aunt to make you break up with me as well, will you still be so firm in the face of your family’s persecution then?” Gu Manyin looked at him.
Fu Jingting straightened her hair, “Yes, I am the head of the Fu family, they do not dare to force me, so don’t worry.”
“Well, I’m relieved.” Gu Manyin smiled and leaned her face back onto his chest.
He gently wrapped his arms around her and stroked her hair, his movements seemed gentle, but his eyes were clear and cold, without the slightest warmth.
Somehow, the person in his arms was clearly the one he loved.
Yet he found himself, more and more, not feeling the stirrings for her anymore, his heart becoming more and more peaceful.
……
In the evening, heavy rain fell from the sky, accompanied by gusts of wind and thunder, baking the outside of the villa as if it were the end of the world.
Gu Manyin was so frightened that she turned pale and screamed when the thunder struck.
“Miss Chen, please can you close the curtains, it’s horrible.” Gu Manyin curled up on the sofa and pleaded to Chen Xingnuo who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the view outside.
Chen Xingnuo turned his head slightly to look at her, despising her in his heart.
But thinking that more was better than less, she still closed the curtains.
“Thank you, Miss Chen.” Gu Manyin sighed with relief and smiled gratefully at Chen Xingnuo.
Chen Xingnuo said indifferently, “You don’t need to thank me, if it wasn’t for the fact that there is a Mr. Fu behind you, do you think I would care about you?”
After saying that, she lifted her feet and went to the kitchen.
Gu Manyin lowered her eyelids, hiding the dark hatred in her eyes, and made an aggrieved look.
Fu Jingting came down from upstairs with a lady’s jacket, and when he saw her like this, he raised his eyebrows, “Mangyin, what’s wrong with you?”
“I’m fine.” Gu Manyin looked up and smiled, “It’s not Miss Chen’s business.”
Fu Jingting pursed his lips, “Did Chen Xingnuo bully you?”
“No.” Gu Manyin waved her hands repeatedly, “I was afraid of thunder and asked Miss Chen to close the curtains, causing Miss Chen to be unable to enjoy the view outside, that’s why Miss Chen was unhappy, she didn’t bully me, I was the one who felt sorry for her.”
“You didn’t feel sorry for her.” Fu Jingting draped his jacket over her, “The villa is public, you are afraid of thunder, there is nothing wrong with letting her draw the curtains, so there is no need to feel sorry for yourself, is it still cold?”
“Not cold anymore.” Gu Manyin smiled and shook her head.
Fu Jingting gave a hint, “That’s good.”
At that moment, there were several footsteps coming from upstairs.
Cheng Huai Lu Qi and Rong Shu slowly came down from upstairs.
Cheng Huai scratched his hair and said loudly, “It’s already late, why isn’t dinner served?
Chapter 134
“Stop howling, the chef is not here.” Chen Xingnuo came out of the kitchen to answer.
Cheng Huai looked at her, “Where did the chef go?”
“In the afternoon, the chef went out to make purchases and never came back, just now I called over and said that on the way back there was a landslide and the chef was stuck in the road and couldn’t come back.” Chen Xingnuo shrugged her shoulders.
Fu Jinglin blinked, “Then what about our dinner tonight?”
“What else can we do, we can fix it ourselves, I went to the kitchen just now, the ingredients are all there.” Chen Xingnuo pointed in the direction of the kitchen.
Fu Jinglin wailed, “You mean, let us cook our own dinner?”
“Or what?” Chen Xingnuo gave him a blank look.
The corners of Cheng Huai’s mouth twitched, “Does anyone between us know how to cook?”
Once these words came out, everyone was silent.
After a while, except for Rong Shu, the crowd shook their heads one after another, saying that they wouldn’t.
It was also true that all the people present were from wealthy families and had been served since they were young, so how could they know how to cook?
“It’s over, looks like we won’t be able to eat tonight.” Cheng Huai rubbed his stomach and said with a bitter smile.
Chen Xingnuo squinted at him, “It’s all your fault for bringing me here and causing me to have no food.”
Cheng Huai bristled, “Who knew the chef was so unlucky to encounter a landslide.”
“Yeah.” Chen Xingnuo sighed.
Gu Manyin tugged at Fu Jingting’s sleeve, “Jingting, what should I do, I’m so hungry?”
Fu Jingting’s thin lips twitched as he replied, “There should be snacks, go to the kitchen and look for them, let’s make do.”
“That’s all we can do.” Gu Manyin nodded her head.
The two of them went to the kitchen.
Fu Jinglin did not want to go with Gu Manyin, so he did not go.
Soon, the two came out again, but their hands were empty, there was nothing.
Lu Qi scoffed out, “Didn’t you go to look for snacks, where are the snacks?”
Fu Jingting had a cold face and ignored him.
Gu Manyin replied softly, “There are no snacks in the kitchen.”
“Holy sh*t, not even snacks, looks like we’re destined to go hungry tonight.” Cheng Huai said with a downcast expression.
Lu Qi looked at Rong Shu beside him, “Baby, are you hungry?”
When Fu Jingting heard this, he also looked towards Rong Shu, with an imperceptible concern in his eyes.
Gu Manyin still caught it, and her palms clenched up.
“A little, are you?” Rong Shu nodded her head.
Lu Qi touched his stomach, “I’m hungry too.”
“I’ll go cook then.” Rongshu said.
Except for Fu Jinglin and Fu Jingting, everyone was shocked.
“Baby you know how to cook?” Lu Qi looked at Rong Shu in shock.
Before Rongshu could answer, Fu Jinglin was already the first to answer with glowing eyes, “Sister Rongshu knows how to cook, and her cooking is delicious.”
“You’ve eaten?” Lu Qi turned his gaze towards him with dissatisfaction.
Fu Jinglin proudly lifted his chin, “Of course, I’ve eaten it for six years, and looking at you, so surprised that Sister Rongshu can cook, it seems you haven’t eaten Sister Rongshu’s cooking, right?”
These words poked Lu Qi’s heart.
Lu Qi ignored him with a sullen face and took Rongshu’s hand, saying heartily “No wonder your hands were so rough before, so you had to cook for Fu’s family in addition to doing housework.
“Well, it’s all in the past.” Rongshu laughed a little and drew her hand back.
Lu Qi snorted coldly, “You think it’s in the past, I think it’s not, you were also brought up with pampering, how come once you marry into the Fu family, you know how to do all the laundry and cooking.”
The first thing you can do is to let your wife do what a maid does, to serve your family.
The baby that he had put in his heart for more than ten years and had always taken care of carefully was actually begging for help in the Fu family.
He was so angry when he thought about it.
“That’s right, what era is this, there are still families that treat their wives as inferiors, Mr. Fu, is your family still living in the Qing Dynasty?” Chen Xingnuo scanned at Fu Jingting with contempt.
She then looked at Gu Manyin, “Miss Gu, you heard it, the Fu family is a family that will spite their daughters-in-law, I’m afraid that if you marry in, your life won’t be easy either.”
Gu Manyin bit her lip and said with a forced smile, “No, my aunt and uncle are very nice, I believe they won’t treat me like this.”
“Don’t talk too early, who knows what will happen in the future.” Cheng Huai also added.
Fu Jingting listened to several people taunting the Fu family with their words, and although his face was gloomy, he did not retort.
It was because what Lu Qi said was indeed true, the Fu family had indeed treated Rongshu as a servant for these six years, only because Ma did not like Rongshu, so she had done so.
He also knew that it was wrong for Ma to do so, but he chose not to interfere because he didn’t love her, and let Ma do this to Rongshu. In the end, although he didn’t directly bully Rongshu, the act he let go was itself a bullying of Rongshu.
On the other side, Fu Jinglin didn’t say anything either, his youthful face flushed red with shame.
He had only wanted to show off that he had eaten Sister Rongshu’s meal, but he had not expected that it would lead to the Fu family’s bullying of Sister Rongshu.
“I’m sorry Sister Rong Shu.” Fu Jinglin bowed towards Rong Shu and apologised.
Although he had apologised before, it didn’t stop him from apologising once more.
Rongshu gave him a look and didn’t take his apology to heart, rubbing her brow, “Alright, get up, move out of the way, don’t block my way to the kitchen to cook.”
“Sister Rongshu, can I order food?” Fu Jinglin came up to her, his eyes shining as he looked at her.
The corners of Rongshu’s mouth twitched.
This kid, was he so thick-skinned?
When did she say she was going to cook for him, she actually came to order the food.
“I can’t.” Rongshu balked.
Lu Qi clapped his hands and laughed, “Did you hear that, baby said no!”
Fu Jinglin glared at him, then looked at Rong Shu with aggravation written all over his face, “Why?”
“Because we are two people who have nothing to do with each other, why should I cook for someone who has nothing to do with me, and your big brother and your sister-in-law are both here, if you want to eat, find them.” Rongshu pointed at Fu Jingting and Gu Manyin and lifted her feet towards the kitchen.
Lu Qi smiled smugly at Fu Jinglin, then followed her.
Chen Xingnuo suddenly thought of something and raised her hand and said loudly, “Mr. Rong, I’ll help you, can you make an extra portion?”
“And me, Rongshu, last time you hurt your foot, it was me who took you to the hospital.” Cheng Huai also said, not willing to be left behind.
Rongshu smiled, “Fine, then come over and help out all of you.”
“Got it.” Cheng Huai and Chen Xingnuo smilingly followed them over.
The three of them in the living room, Fu Jingting, could still hear the sounds of joking and laughing coming from the kitchen every now and then.
There was no telling what the people inside were saying, and Rong Shu was laughing very loudly.
Fu Jingting pursed his thin lips and sat on the sofa, the thought of her laughing at Lu Qi and the others made him feel quite irritated.
Fu Jinglin was not happy either.
Sister Rongshu would rather cook for Brother Huai and that woman than for him.
Did he annoy her that much?
Gu Manyin didn’t say anything either, slightly lowering her head and twisting her two hands together, not knowing what she was thinking.
Soon, the rich fragrance of rice wafted out from the kitchen.
When Fu Jinglin smelt it, he only felt even hungrier, his stomach rumbling.
Fu Jingting couldn’t help but slide the knot in his throat as well, his eyes darkening slightly.
He knew that Rong Shu knew how to cook, because Rong Shu had cooked for him before, only he never ate it.
It turned out that she was such a good cook, the aroma alone made people salivate, so one could imagine how delicious it would be when they ate it.
“Jingting, why don’t we go and cook too?” Suddenly, Gu Manyin tugged on Fu Jingting’s sleeve and suggested.